"Overnight, Rencheng changed its owner, and this Tian Dan..."

Sitting astride the back of BMW Chifeng, Prince Zhao Run of Wei State looked at the battle report in his hand, and his heart was filled with emotion.

Although the commander of the Qi-Lu coalition this time was Gao Xi, the high minister of Qi, in Zhao Hongrun's view, Gao Xi was just a decoration. Thinking about the incident of "rencheng changing hands overnight", it must be Tian Dan, the Qi official.

The famous general showed his talents.

I have to say that this incident was really beyond Zhao Hongrun’s expectations.

He originally thought that Rencheng was garrisoned by three generals: Li Qi, Zhou Kui, and Cai Qinhu, and the Dredging Army, Chenggao Army, and Fenxing Army under their respective leadership. Even if they faced the Qilu Allied Forces, they would still be able to fight.

, after all, as far as he knew, this time Qi State

The only troops stationed in the Song Dynasty were the Northern Navy and the Langya Army, which totaled 50,000 to 60,000 people. Even if the Lu State's 20,000 to 30,000 troops were added, they were only 89,000 to 90,000 troops, which was far less than what King Lu Xi of Qi once conquered.

The size of the 'allied army' during the Chu State.

In comparison, although the three armies led by Li Wei and others only totaled about 50,000 people, no matter how you think about it, if these 50,000 people persisted until the Shang Shui Army supported Rencheng, it was more than enough, right?

But who would have thought that Rencheng would be captured by Tian Dan so quickly.

But having said that, after carefully reading the battle report and learning the specific process of the fall of Rencheng, Zhao Hongrun couldn't get angry at all. He could only say that Tian Dan was worthy of being Tian Dan. He knew the enemy like a god and was able to master the plan with one move.

Make the fire perfect.

Of course, although Zhao Hongrun believed that Li Wei, Zhou Kui, and Cai Qinhu had done their best, those who deserved to be punished had to be punished, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the public.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun ordered the Green Crows who came to deliver the battle report: "In the name of this king, I give an order to Li Qian, Zhou Kui, and Cai Qinhu, ordering the three of them to go after this battle is over.

"Tiance Mansion" was punished with a year's salary to serve as a warning to others. I hope they will realize their shame and become brave, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and be more cautious in using troops in the future... Go ahead."

"yes!"

The green crows clasped their fists and accepted the order, turned around and left.

A fine of one year's personal salary was really a very light punishment for a defeated general. After all, Zhao Hongrun's original intention was to make Li Qian, Zhou Kui and Cai Qinhu feel 'shameful', not to depose them.

——But to be honest, after reading the battle report of the fall of Rencheng, Zhao Hongrun actually didn’t think losing this battle was anything worth being embarrassed about.

Losing to an opponent like Tian Dan, and losing to such a clever strategy, it doesn't matter even if he loses. Of course, Zhao Hongrun can only think about this in his mind, but it is difficult to say it out loud.

At this time, Zongwei Chief Lu Mu asked from the side: "Your Highness, is this the battle report from Rencheng?"

"Well, Rencheng is lost." Zhao Hongrun nodded casually and handed the battle report to the surprised Lu Mu, but he thought of Tian Dan.

Zhao Hongrun is an old acquaintance of Tian Dan. He still remembers that in the seventeenth year of Hong De's reign, his sixth brother Zhao Zhao, who had become the son-in-law of King Lu Xi of Qi and also served as the right minister of Qi, brought his newlywed wife with him.

Kuan Ji, under the protection of Tian Dan's team, returned from Qi to Daliang of Wei.

At that time, Zhao Hongrun, who had spent five months to capture eighteen cities of Chu, met for the first time Tian Dan, a famous Qi general who had captured more than forty cities of Chu in ten months.

As for the second meeting, it was when King Lu Xi of Qi gathered Qi, Lu, Wei and later Yue to jointly attack Chu. At that time, Zhao Hongrun and Tian Dan both served as King Lu Xi of Qi

The former is the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, and the latter is the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army.

Precisely because there is no distinction between positions and responsibilities, Zhao Hongrun and Tian Dan inevitably have competing ideas with each other.

As for the result, well, Tian Dan's general flag is still displayed in Zhao Hongrun's collection room as a souvenir.

"Hehehe."

Recalling that Tian Dan admitted defeat, put on a face that looked like he was constipated, and reluctantly handed his flag to Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help laughing at this moment.

"After learning that I personally led the army to Song County, Tian Dan, instead of stabilizing the defense, went on the offensive and captured Rencheng in one go. Are you planning to fight me in Rencheng? Haha, what a pity..."

Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and muttered to himself.

At this moment, the Wei soldiers in his formation burst into cheers of joy.

"The enemy city has been captured!"

"Whoa whoa--!"

Zhao Hongrun raised his head and looked at the city about two miles away, with an inexplicable smile on his lips.

At this moment, he was outside the "Ningyang" county on the border between Song and Lu. This city originally belonged to the Song State, and was later occupied by the Lu State after the fall of the Song State. But now, this city is filled with the flags of the Wei army.

"You didn't expect that, Tian Dan?"

With a sly smile, Zhao Hongrun clamped his legs under the horse's belly and led the soldiers of the formation slowly toward the Ningyang City in front of him.

In the next few days, Zhao Hongrun's Wei army remained stationary in Ningyang County.

On the other side of Rencheng, Wei generals Li Ji, Zhou Kui, and Cai Qinhu retreated to "Kangfu" after losing Rencheng.

It must be said that the three of them were upset and anxious after their defeat.

Regrettably, after suffering a defeat this time, there is no need to consider the expansion of the army for the time being. However, what is disturbing is that the imperial court and Prince Zhao Run still do not know what kind of punishment will be imposed on them after learning about this incident.

"For the current plan, we can only make up for our past mistakes by taking back Ren City!"

At the county government office of "Kangfu County", Cai Qinhu said with a fierce expression.

Different from the comfort he felt when he won the battle last time, Cai Qinhu at this time had a straight face and a pair of tiger eyes that seemed to be shining brightly. Even though his naked body and the bandage on his shoulders were still faintly soaked with blood, there was no trace of blood.

No sign of discouragement.

However, the suggestions he made did not receive the support of Li Wei and Zhou Kui.

"The Qi-Lu coalition forces have war weapons crafted by Lu craftsmen to assist in defending the city and attacking... I'm afraid it will be difficult to win."

Li Wei shook his head and persuaded: "Right now, we can only wait for His Royal Highness the Prince to lead the merchant navy to arrive in person before making any plans."

It's not that he doesn't want to recapture Rencheng and make up for his past mistakes, the problem is that he feels that there is almost no chance of winning. Rather than letting his soldiers make unnecessary sacrifices, it is better to stay alone and wait for the prince Zhao Run to lead the Shang Shui army to the Kangfu area.

Attack Rencheng together.

As for what kind of punishment His Highness would punish them, Li Qi had some concerns, but it was not enough to affect his judgment as a general.

In this way, about two days later, Li Ji and others received a report from the soldiers that a Wei army was coming slowly from the west, and the flag was that of the Shang Shui Army.

After learning about this incident, Li Qian, Zhou Kui and Cai Qinhu personally welcomed him out of the city, preparing to welcome the prince Zhao Run who led the merchant navy.

But what surprised them was that they only saw Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, and Nanmen Chi, but not the prince Zhao Run and Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Shui Army.

Seeing this, Li Qi asked Zhai Huang in shock: "Vice General Zhai, where is His Highness the Crown Prince? Didn't he say that His Highness the Crown Prince is on the expedition himself this time?"

Zhai Huang said with a smile: "This time, it is true that His Highness the Prince led our Shang Shui Army to personally conquer, but it was not on my side... General Mo's side was just to attract the attention of the Beibo Army and the Qilu Allied Army.

,too

His Highness Zi and General Wu Ji actually led another army to "Ningyang"." At this point, he added with a little joy and a little show off: "By the way, they are from "Shangshui Youma"

Light cavalry!"

After that, he waited for the reactions of Li Qi, Zhou Kui and Cai Qinhu, but unexpectedly, he saw the three of them looking at each other, which made Zhai Huang a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, at this time, Nanmen Chi, another deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, smoothed things over and said: "Old Zhai, the three generals are all in Song Dynasty these days. How do you know about our Shang Shui Army? If you don't explain, how can they do it?"

Do you understand your nonsense?"

With that said, he briefly explained to Li Qi, Zhou Kui and Cai Qinhu.

It turned out that since the 400,000 Wei army captured the Hetao area last year, the Wei state had harvested countless war horses. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun gave an order and ordered Ma You, the general of the Youma Army, to reorganize a light cavalry force of 30,000 people.

The army still uses the army designation "Yuma" - that is to say, the "Yuma Army" now has not only 5,000 heavy cavalry, but also 30,000 light cavalry.

Of course, the establishment belongs to the establishment. As for the actual number of people, the light cavalry of the Yuma Army is currently only more than 3,000, and they are all soldiers who have been converted from infantry to cavalry. They have almost zero experience in horse warfare.

The reason why Zhai Huang was so happy was because the Youma Army was affiliated with their Shang Shui Army, which was equivalent to their Shang Shui Army having a cavalry army.

"Congratulations."

After listening to Nanmen Chi's explanation, Li Qi, Zhou Kui, and Cai Qinhu looked at each other in tacit understanding, sighing inwardly, and congratulating Shang Shuijun.

Although they were envious of the Shang Shui Army, they were not jealous. After all, the Shang Shui Army did not take advantage of the "direct line under the command of Prince Zhao Run". In fact, the military achievements of this army were greater than any other in the Wei Kingdom at present.

Every army needs more.

After inviting Zhai Huang and Nanmen Zhi to the county government office in Kangfu County, Li Qian briefly told them about the fall of Rencheng, which made Zhai Huang feel a little embarrassed.

After all, Li Wei and others had suffered a defeat, but just now, because he was extremely happy, he brought up the matter of "the Yuma Army's expansion of the Light Cavalry Army" at an inappropriate time, which was inevitably a bit annoying.

However, apologizing to Li Qi and others now would only make the three of them more embarrassed, so Zhai Huang quietly shifted the topic to the Qilu Allied Forces.

This is exactly what Li Wei, Zhou Kui, and Cai Qinhu want. After all, they lost Rencheng, and now they are trying hard to regain the lost city and make up for their mistakes.

But unexpectedly, Zhai Huang said with regret: "I will not understand the intentions of the three generals. It's just that when they came this time, Zhai and Nanmen received an order from His Highness the Crown Prince, which only ordered the two of us to take up the post.

City, put up a posture to attack the Beibo Army and the Qilu Allied Forces, but we are prohibited from teasing the Qilu Allied Forces too much..."

"This...how do you say this?" Li Wei asked in confusion.

Upon hearing this, Zhai Huang looked around and signaled several soldiers to leave the room.

At this time, he lowered his voice and said: "Perhaps the three generals don't know that the purpose of His Royal Highness's personal expedition to the Song Dynasty this time is to lure South Korea into a decisive battle with the Wei Dynasty in advance. In other words..." He licked his lips.

, Sansan said: "Before South Korea takes action, even if we have the ability to defeat the Qilu coalition, we cannot expose it. In short, it is just one word, drag!"

From the side, Nanmen Chi also added in a low voice: "The two of us trust the three generals, so we secretly revealed that we asked the three generals to keep their mouths shut... We, the Shang Shui Army, came to Song County this time not for a decisive battle with the Qilu Allied Forces.

, but for the purpose of sneak attacks on South Korea in the future... And before that, our Shang Shui Army was also responsible for scaring the armies of Qi and Lu. Therefore, the three generals do not need to be upset about the fall of Rencheng. The battlefield here

The gains and losses of a mere place are not at all considered by His Highness the Crown Prince."
To be continued...